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I thought my ventilated seats were not working, and actually called for an appointment with my dealer to have them checked out.
I'd been feeling for air flow under and around the seats, and could feel nothing, so I thought they might not be working. Then the other day, while sitting in the driveway, my wife noticed the sound of a fan coming from her seat. The sound changed with her seat settings, and stopped when turned off. I checked my seat, and heard the fan as well. So, apparently, the ventilated seat function is working.
I still don't know what part of the seat is ventilated ... and can it be felt with your hand? I have yet to feel any air flow coming from either front seat.
Hi Stan, ask your dealer to take a good feel the seats of another Mercedes. After they say, 'excuse me, you wanna feel what', you'd be able to see if yours abnormal.
Mine feel noticeable, but subtle and diffuse. There's not a lot of difference between low and high. I had another car which directed the vented seat air it right at the back side, and it felt a bit too personal. MB did it right for the hot weather we have here.
I thought my ventilated seats were not working, and actually called for an appointment with my dealer to have them checked out.
I'd been feeling for air flow under and around the seats, and could feel nothing, so I thought they might not be working. Then the other day, while sitting in the driveway, my wife noticed the sound of a fan coming from her seat. The sound changed with her seat settings, and stopped when turned off. I checked my seat, and heard the fan as well. So, apparently, the ventilated seat function is working.
I still don't know what part of the seat is ventilated ... and can it be felt with your hand? I have yet to feel any air flow coming from either front seat.
lol......I don't think it's for keeping your hands dry.....
In the UK the output must be really poor - so much so that MB decided (for us) we didn't need it!
It's a shame really, there are probably, at least, three days a year where we can switch off the heated seats (or so it seems) and would appreciate the coolers. Jags offer them, so too do most of the larger SUVs.
Oh well, bit like the 360 camera - another option I would have liked, but can't have.
Yea...the MBUSA towel dispensing package...I think I found a pic of it (Child portion of the dispenser not included standard, but if added, she'll hand you a towel if you use Comand system and say "Towel Please")
Last edited by floridadriver; May 26, 2015 at 03:03 PM.
This was a feature I was really looking forward to and was greatly disappointed.
Only way you can possibly feel anything is once the cabin is super cold.
For me, yes. Overall, I am very impressed with the car, but it certainly does have its oddities. The "delicate" nature of the ventilated seats is odd, but the inability of the car to tell you that a door is ajar is really strange. You get all sorts of transmission/Park notifications, but then it leaves it up to your own investigative skills to try to figure out what it really means.
Just happened to see this thread on the home page. Nice to know MB has not managed to improve this option since my car was built in 2008. It's so dumb I forget I have it. If your back is already sweaty, then you can sense that your back feels a bit cooler, but it's so subtle that it could almost be your imagination. Having said that, I'd still buy it, at least in my car, because to me the perforated leather looks so much better than the smooth leather.
guys, this sounds like a fundamental misunderstanding of the operation here.
The fans do not blow through the holes in the seat but rather suck air through the holes in the seat and blow it out the back of the seat.
They are not cooled.
Some w211 guys have gone to bigger and more powerful computer fans to increase the feeling, but they are a bit noisy and require some cutting of the seat insides.
I know they are not cooled - but air moving across a sweaty back feels cooler. If it didn't, then these would be totally useless. As for direction of flow, never really paid much attention because it hardly matters given how little flow there is in any direction.
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